"J.R.R. Tolkien - Tom Bombadil - Preface" - читать интересную книгу автора (Tolkien J.R.R)

Red Book. The older form, here given, must
belong to the early days after Bilbo's return from his journey. Though the influence of Elvish traditions is seen, they are not seriously treated, and
the names used (Derrilyn, Thellamie, Belmarie,
Aerie) are mere inventions in the Elvish style, and
are not in fact Elvish at all.
The influence of the events at the end of the
Third Age, and the widening of the horizons of
the Shire by contact with Rivendell and Gondor,
is to be seen in other pieces. No. 6, though here
placed next to Bilbo's Man-in-the-Moon rhyme,
and the last item. No. 16, must be derived
ultimately from Gondor. They are evidently
based on the traditions of Men, living in shore-
lands and familiar with rivers running into the
Sea. No. 6 actually mentions Belfalas (the windy
bay of Bel), and the Sea-ward Tower, Tirith Aear,
or Dol Amroth. No. 16 mentions the Seven
Rivers' that flowed into the Sea in the South
Kingdom, and uses the Gondorian name, of
High-elvish form, Firiel, mortal woman. 2 In the
Langstrand and Dol Amroth there were many
traditions of the ancient Elvish dwellings, and of
the haven at the mouth of the Morthond from
which 'westward ships' had sailed as far back as
1 Lefnui, Morthond-Kiril-Ringlo, Gilrain-Sernui, and Anduin.
2 The name was borne by a princess of Gondor, through
whom Aragorn claimed descent from the Southern line. It was
also the name of a daughter of Elanor, daughter of Sam, but her
name, if connected with the rhyme, must be derived from it; it
could not have arisen in Westmarch.
the fall of Eregion in the Second Age. These two
pieces, therefore, are only re-handlings of Southern matter, though this may have reached Bilbo
by way of Rivendell. No. 14 also depends on the
lore of Rivendell, Elvish and Numenorean, concerning the heroic days at the end of the First Age;
it seems to contain echoes of the Numenorean tale
of Turin and Mim the Dwarf.
Nos. I and 2 evidently come from the Buck-
land. They show more knowledge of that country,
and of the Dingle, the wooded valley of the
Withywindle, than any Hobbits west of the
Marish were likely to possess. They also show
that the Bucklanders knew Bombadil,2 though,
no doubt they had as little understanding of his
powers as the Shirefolk had of Gandalf's: both
were regarded as benevolent persons, mysterious
maybe and unpredictable but nonetheless comic.
No. I is the earlier piece, and is made up of
various hobbit-versions of legends concerning
Bombadil. No. 2 uses similar traditions, though
1 Grindwall was a small hythe on the north bank of the